experience to his credit. It is about how to transfer that information across and prepare in the best possible way for Le Mans in such a short time.
There is an element of understanding him and being an ear for him, especially with the program at JOTA in ELMS, which helps to give him some good racing experience in an LMP car, particularly in traffic, where you’re having to overtake al the time, rather than being passed in a GT car. That is to help him prepare not just for Le Mans, but also for the future as an LMP driver.
He’s working alongside Harry in the team.
Yes, but It is different with Harry, as I’ve been working with him since he came out of karting, which a natural progression, with part of it being placed in with JOTA, and leading to being placed alongside Filipe. This was because I realized that they would both work well together and bounce off each other.
There we have two guys, who to an extent, have something to prove and with Simon, who you could see by the performance on Saturday, is a bloody quick and strong “Silver” driver. Someone that has got a “real” job and so that point of view, it was a good and strong-knitted operation. For HT, it‘s good for him as it gives him a reference point, and the best part of it is that trio are pushing each other and that means that the performance was a dominant one until the accident later on in the race. He’s ok, having been released. A bit battered and bruised especially as it was a fair shunt.
We now see a lot of other drivers coming into sportscars, such as Sam Bird, James Calado and Fabio Leimer all from GP2. Then you have the influx into ELMS as well, especially with the transfer of skills from having that single-seater experience.
All the skills transfer over. At the end of the day, the LMP1 car has downforce in excess of an F1 car and definitely more grip than one as well. The Hybrid power is more but there is slightly less in terms of the engine power due to the restrictions that are now in place, but the single biggest factor is that it is heavier.
All of the talents that are honed and developed in single seaters and the mentality that is instilled when it comes to racing is what LMPs are all about. If you want to be